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Seventy-seven million people live in Ethiopia. Those who need treatment for mental health and addictions issues have only one facility to help them. Amanuel Hospital is located in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, and houses 361 inpatient beds with an average stay of 63 days. Limited resources don’t begin to describe the challenges clinicians face in this hospital. Read more

Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common single cause of dementia. It affects more than half a million Canadians, five million Americans, and many more millions around the world. These numbers are likely todouble within the next two decades. The cause of AD is still unknown. Current treatments are unsatisfactory. Yet we are increasing our knowledge every day, and investigating new treatments that may improve outcomes. Promising research—including cutting edge work currently being done at CAMH—gives us every reason to be hopeful. Read more

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The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada's largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital, as well as one of the world's leading research centres in the area of addiction and mental health.

We combine clinical care, research, education, policy development and health promotion to help transform the lives of people affected by mental health and addiction issues.